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6.8/10
The More the Merrier
2025
90 minutes
Director
Peter Benson
Cast
Rachel Boston
Brendan Penny
Marlie Collins
Description
The movie follows Dr. Alice, an ER doctor at a small rural hospital who volunteers for the Christmas Eve overnight shift. When a snowstorm hits, she and newly-hired cardiologist Brian find themselves snowed in — and thrust into a Christmas-Eve baby boom when multiple women go into labor. As they help deliver the babies and care for other patients, the two doctors — despite contrasting approaches to medicine and holiday spirit — begin to find a spark between them. Their shared shift may change their lives forever.
Professions
Doctor
Cardiologist
Nurse
Settings & Cities
A small rural hospital on Christmas Eve, during a snowstorm.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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The More the Merrier
Subtitle: When Your Christmas Eve Shift Turns Into a Medical Rom-Com Baby Boom
If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if Grey’s Anatomy and Hallmark holiday movies had a snow-covered love child, look no further than The More the Merrier. This film proudly asks the question: How many babies can be born in one night before hospital staffing qualifies as a national emergency? And then answers it with: More. Definitely more.
Our heroine, an ER doctor who volunteers for the Christmas Eve overnight shift (because apparently people like that exist), finds herself snowed in with a handsome cardiologist whose personality is 30% medical expertise and 70% festive skepticism. Together they must deliver babies, stabilize patients, and navigate enough sparkly holiday lighting to violate OSHA guidelines.
And yes — like all good Hallmark movies, every medical dilemma can be solved either romantically or with a clipboard.
By the time the fourth surprise baby arrives, you start to wonder if the hospital was built on a secret peppermint-scented fertility vortex. But honestly? You don’t mind. You’re too busy cheering for two overworked doctors to finally kiss in a hallway illuminated by twinkle lights that definitely pose a fire hazard.
The More the Merrier delivers exactly what you tune in to Hallmark holiday movies for: improbable weather patterns, career-driven protagonists rediscovering joy, and a romance that forms faster than hospital paperwork gets lost.
It’s sweet, it’s chaotic, and it’s medically accurate only in the sense that everyone wears scrubs. In other words: a perfect holiday film.